For 32 years, wildlife biologist Kim DeLozier hunted wild hogs and darted nuisance bears all over the Smokies. By the time DeLozier retired in 2010, he had some stories to tell — enough to fill a book.

The site of a controversial former dump in Nashville has been transformed into a wildlife habitat. Mayor Karl Dean and others recently celebrated the Wildlife Habitat Council’s certification for the 190-acre site.

Buoyed by what's been called the most successful wildlife restoration project ever, wild turkeys are eating crops, ruining gardens, crashing into cars and motorcycles and even smashing through suburban windows.